Saturday, 29 March 2008

UK fans only have about a week to go before they get season four of Doctor Who next week Saturday. Meanwhile the rest of the world will have to wait for the fourth season to air on TV. Until then, here's some brand new Doctor Who stuff to hold you over:

This is hardly breaking news (actually it's six days old, but for some reason it's news to me), but the trailer for Ewan McGregor's newest film Deception (formerly The Tourist/The List) is online. The film's official site is also up so you can check out the high quality trailer and photo gallery.

Monday, 24 March 2008

Chicago production of Wanted wrapped in late August or early September of last year, yet according to HollywoodChicago.com the film starring James McAvoy, was scheduled for even more reshoots only last week. The film is slated for release a mere three months from now on June 27, and yet reshoots were scheduled on March 15 and 16 of last week. Let's hope this isn't an uh oh moment. Go here for all the Wanted reshoot images.

Saturday, 22 March 2008

The trailer for the new season of Doctor Who premiered on BBC1 at 7pm in the UK, and you can check it out online here. Doctor Who has new episodes is back on the air in the UK starting April 5. Viewers outside of the UK have to sit tight and wait for the new season. It's not easy being a David Tennant fan. Sigh.

I haven't posted since Monday, and I rarely let even two days go by without posting news, but I've been ill with the flu all week. Sorry everyone, but thankfully I feel better. So here's a little news.

According to Yahoo! Movies Mel Gibson will be directing the film adaptation of Robert Drewe's historical romance novel The Drowner. Who's on the top of Gibson's wish list of actors for the film? James McAvoy for the part of Will Dance, and Cate Blanchett as the actress he falls in love with, Angelica Lloyd.

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Lost star Dominic Monaghan exhibition of his photographs in Los Angeles features three shots of his The Lord Of The Rings co-star Billy Boyd (I only just realized that some of the shots were of Billy). The Happy Accidents exhibition will be held at Hamilton-Selway Fine Art in West Hollywood from March 14 until April 27. Go here to check out the rest of the photos in the collection, including some more of Billy.

Gerry recently gave an interview with Redbook magazine to promote his upcoming movie, Nim's Island. It will appear in the April issue of the magazine, but you can read it here. Just click on the picture to enlarge it.

The shortlist for the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards were announced yesterday, with Ewan McGregor and fellow actor Charlie Boorman among the nominees for Long Way Down. You can vote online from among the nominees (voting closes April 2, 2008).

The winners receive their awards at a ceremony and dinner held at London’s Grosvenor House on April 9. According to the official site, the show will air April 13 on Channel 4 at 4:45pm in the UK. Here are the nominees in the Popular Non-fiction category:

· Don't Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson (Michael Joseph)· A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr (Macmillan)· Long Way Down by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman (Sphere)· Nigella Express by Nigella Lawson (Chatto & Windus)· The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane (Granta Books)

I personally will not vote because I haven't read any of the nominated books (including Long Way Down) , but how do you like the book? Or the show Long Way Down is based on?

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

It's officially March 11 on my side of the world and it's John Barrowman's birthday. If you want do to something in honor of his birthday, instead of sending cards or presents, his official website suggests that you donate to DogsTrust, a charity John supports in the UK.

No the world did not just end, but it's a pretty awesome universe that gets Ewan McGregor and James McAvoy in the same photo. It's an even cooler universe that gets Ewan's Othello co-star Chiwetel Ejiofor at the Empire Awards reception as well. For more pictures from the Empire Awards go here. Enjoy people!

James McAvoy beat fellow Scottish actor Gerard Butler at Sunday's Empire Awards in the Best Actor category for his role in Atonement. The film also won awards in the Best Actress (Keira Knightley) and in the Best British Film categories. According to Top News one million online users voted for the the epic film. For those of you who missed the show or do not live in the UK here is James McAvoy's acceptance speech from Empire Online:

"That was The Fratellis, they're from Scotland, they're from Glasgow I think and that was cool. I'm truly nervous. I really want to thank Working Title, you do good films and you make a lot of them and you make money with them sometimes, not all the time, you may not have made money with this one but you made it and that's because you believed in the film and Joe and us. Thank you very much for letting me be a part of that. Thanks to Paul Webster as well.

"Thank you Ruth, the best goddamn agent in town and I'd also like to thank Empire as well. I used to get it all the time as a kid, I still get it now if I'm being honest, not all the time, but sometimes.

"And this year's been an amazing for intelligent film, for good film, not just Transformers. What Empire has done is to tell people what to see and well done this year for getting people to see the good stuff and still saying the bad stuff is shit. And this is it, thanks very much."

Scottish Actors has another new affiliate: Anna Paquin Online. It's the second affiliate to be added this month. If you would like to become an affiliate just send an e-mail to saltireflower@yahoo.com.

Sunday, 9 March 2008

According to Premier Sean Connery is among the sexiest movie stars of all time. The legendary Scottish actor even made it into the top ten, and you can go here to see the rest of the stars on the list.

Thursday, 6 March 2008

The Empire Award winners will be announced this Sunday, while the show will air on Monday at 9pm on ITV2 in the UK. Both James McAvoy and Gerard Butler are nominated in the best actor category for their roles in Atonement and 300 respectively. Fellow Scot, Ewan McGregor will be presented with the Icon Award and a recorded tribute will play at the ceremony.

If you don't want to know who wins before the show is aired on Monday avoid TV and the internet and I won't post anything about it until after the show is aired in the UK. Annoyingly, it won't air where I live but to be fair I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone (including myself in some sort of odd way.) I'll post pictures and video clips when I get them after the show airs. Fingers crossed for James or Gerard, and you can go here for a complete list of the nominees.

Tuesday, 4 March 2008

For Billy Boyd fans who don't live in the UK or missed the first episode of Billy's new sitcom Empty, somebody was awesome enough to post it here. Who knows how long it will be up so enjoy it while you can. If it hadn't been for boyd-oh-boyd.net I would never have gotten a heads up. The show airs on Thursday nights at 10:00pm GMT on BBC4.

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Scottish Actors has a new affiliate: Josh Brolin Online. It's the only active Josh Brolin fansite on the web so check it out if you're a fan. If you would like to be added to the list of affiliates just send an e-mail to saltireflower@yahoo.com.

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